English language....

I've found out some interesting things about the English language.

In which countries is English an official language?

Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belau, Bermuda, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Dominica, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, US Virgin Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

What is the longest word in English?

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM  ( a movement  opposed to the separation of church and state ). There is a word longer than this one (45 letters!!!) but it's only used in the medical field.

What are the world's most spoken languages?

Althought it's very difficult to know exactly how many people speak a particular language, we can come up with those estimations: Mandarin Chinese (837,000,000), English (370,000,000), Spanish (300,000,000), Bengali (189,000,000), Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000), Arabic (174,950,000), Portuguese (170,000,000), Russian (170,000,000), Japanese (125,000,000), German (98,000,000), Javanese (79,000,000), French (75,000,000)

What percentage of the Internet is in English?

More than 80% of home pages on the Web are in English, while the next greatest, Germany has 4.5% and Japanese 3.1%.

Now it's time for a joke...

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Comments

[Myf]

Great post! Isn't it amazing to think that once you know English, you can communicate with people from all those countries!

[Seong]

Your joking is funny. I like to joke, it might be very useful for me. ^---^

[Hsu]

The information about "what is the longest word in English" is really interesting. Do American know how to pronounce it? Also, "what are the world's most spoken language" is a good knowledge. You must spent some time to search these information. Good!

[sonia]

Hi Seong,
I'll try to find more!!
Are you studying English in your country? Are you planning to come to The United States to study English?

My best wishes, and thank you very much for your nice comment.

Sonia

[sonia]

Hello Hsu
I think they know how to pronounce this long word, but I wonder if they use it very often!!
I found the information was interesting and I wanted to share it with you. I'm glad you have enjoyed!! Thank you Hsu.

Are you studying English?

My best wishes

Sonia

[hugh]

'smiles' is the longest word in the english language - a mile between each 's'